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Buyeo Pung

Son of King Uija, brought back from Wa as king by the Baekje restoration forces, who fled to Goguryeo after the defeat at Baekgang

A prince living in Wa, he returned at Boksin’s request after Baekje fell and was made king of the restoration forces. In 663 he killed Boksin and appealed to Wa for help, but the Wa fleet was crushed by the Silla–Tang forces at Baekgang. He fled to Goguryeo, and after Goguryeo fell he was captured by Tang and exiled.

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2 related events

  1. AD 660 – AD 663Baekje Restoration Movementleader

    Boksin, Dochim and Heukchi Sangji rose at Juryu and Imjon fortresses, crowned Prince Buyeo Pung, recalled from Wa, and fought the Silla–Tang allies.

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    AD 663Battle of Baekgangrelated figure

    A Wa fleet sent to aid the Baekje rebels was crushed by the Silla–Tang allies at the mouth of the Baek River; 400 ships burned.

People who appear alongside

  • BoksinAD 663

    Baekje royal who led the restoration movement and brought Prince Buyeo Pung back from Wa

  • Heukchi SangjiAD 630 – AD 689

    Baekje general who led restoration forces at Imjon Fortress before surrendering to Tang

  • DochimAD 661

    Baekje monk who raised the Baekje restoration movement at Juryuseong with Boksin, who later killed him

  • King MunmuAD 626 – AD 681

    Thirtieth king of Silla, who destroyed Goguryeo, expelled Tang and completed unification

Themes this person appears in

  • Wars of Korean UnificationAD 598 – AD 676

    From Goguryeo's wars with Sui and Tang to Silla's unification — eighty years of East Asian war on the peninsula

  • Sui, Tang and the East Asian WorldAD 317 – AD 979

    From the divided Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Gupta age through the Sui and Tang empires to the founding of the Song — the age when an East Asian world sharing law codes, Buddhism, Confucianism and Chinese characters took shape, and Korea and Japan built their states on its model

  • Buyeo2000 BC – 1376

    From the Songguk-ri village to Sabi, Baekje’s last capital — the Geum River town where Baekje culture bloomed and fell